While not quite the mobile industry's Oscars, the innovation awards at Barcelona highlighted some of the more interesting new products.
Most Innovative Wireless Device-centric
Technology:Inside Contactless, France
Designs "contactless" chip platforms which can be used for mobile payments, for example.
Most Innovative Carrier Infrastructure or
Platform:Flexenclosure, Sweden
The clean technology company has created a mobile phone base station powered almost entirely by renewable energy.
Most Innovative Mobile Application in a Vertical Market:GestureTek, US
Creator of software that allows you navigate phone menus or play games simply by shaking, rocking or rolling your device.
Most innovative Consumer Application or Service:Tagattitude, France
Tagattitude's technology enables the mobile phone to be used to authenticate a user's identity for mobile payments.
Most Innovative 'True Mobile Start-Up': Audience, US
Has developed noise-suppression technology which makes calls from environments like football stadiums or train stations much clearer.
Overall Winner:GestureTek, US
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